"But what do you use for search when you can't find it with DDG" is my question. (I do not work for the answer)
Startpage?
What I use instead of Google services
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Re: What I use instead of Google services
#232Fastmail would be more attractive if they accepted bitcoin.
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#233Earlier quoted context omitted.
Just going from your examples above: - Safari/iOS will let Apple know you're in a market for a house - Safari will let Apple know you like Ethiopain coffee - Also it will probably allow them to track your searches - Along with Calendar sync and maps Apple knows both where you are currently and where you'll be next While not all of his eggs are in one basket, there's an awful lot of them providing an awful lot of "tra…
Hang on, safari/ios report back to apple your entire search and browse history? Really? I'm genuinely asking here.
Yes.
Re: What I use instead of Google services
#234One thing I've been looking to replace is Google News. Anyone know of another similar news aggregator? (Don't say "reddit".)
If you're looking for tech news techmeme is about the best. http://techmeme.com
Re: What I use instead of Google services
#235> "Like most people, I don't like to be tracked. I also am the founder of the search engine that doesn't track you, DuckDuckGo." It pains me to hear intelligent people talk about being "tracked" as something "bad" a priori. While there are certainly plenty of examples of abuse of knowledge, I tend to think of most "tracking" not as "stalking" but as "relationship building." Let me explain... Google is a service provi…
Actually search DDG for "hash salt" and although it shows some recipe images at the top, the first 6 and the vast majority of all the actual search results are specifically about cryptography, the top result being Wikipedia's article on the topic of salt in cryptography.
Re: What I use instead of Google services
#236> "Like most people, I don't like to be tracked. I also am the founder of the search engine that doesn't track you, DuckDuckGo." It pains me to hear intelligent people talk about being "tracked" as something "bad" a priori. While there are certainly plenty of examples of abuse of knowledge, I tend to think of most "tracking" not as "stalking" but as "relationship building." Let me explain... Google is a service provi…
Nice to hear thoughts on this subject i agree with. Myself, i've long used Google and hadn't cared at all what information they collect about me. Rather, i openly give them information. Sure, if the world turns to hell and suddenly the government is at my door because Google "knew too much" then the naysayers can laugh at me all they like.. Then again, the world has turned to hell already, so is it really a time to l…
Why can't we have something like that running locally, on hardware we control?
Re: What I use instead of Google services
#237> "Like most people, I don't like to be tracked. I also am the founder of the search engine that doesn't track you, DuckDuckGo." It pains me to hear intelligent people talk about being "tracked" as something "bad" a priori. While there are certainly plenty of examples of abuse of knowledge, I tend to think of most "tracking" not as "stalking" but as "relationship building." Let me explain... Google is a service provi…
> The REAL issue is accountability. True information lockdown rarely benefits anyone, but openness without accountability is useless and downright dangerous. Google is accountable. The problem is that they are accountable to advertisers, currently to the tune of about $55 billion per year. For consumers to hold Google accountable, they have to fight against their addiction to free web content and services, and start…
Do you want a reason?
None of your post give any single proof, just some grandiloquent claims.
[Too many people here have a salary dependent on advertising, or an identity dependent on Google fanboyism.]
Tinfoil too much?
Re: What I use instead of Google services
#238Earlier quoted context omitted.
>Yes. Google+, by default, likes to grab all pictures taken with the device camera Google+ photos auto-upload is opt-in.
You mean the box is ticked in a terms and conditions screen when you first turn the device on and that counts as opting in. It's on by default. Most people don't realise what it's doing until either the uploader drinks all their battery (which mercifully they seem to have fixed) or they have loads of photos pop up when they sign in to Gmail on a desktop. The sign in process for Android devices has become ever more co…
> You mean the box is ticked in a terms and conditions screen when you first turn the device on and that counts as opting in. It's on by default.
Photo backup on Google+ is off by default, you have to enter the settings part and switch it on
Re: What I use instead of Google services
#239Earlier quoted context omitted.
What if knowing you prefer Ethiopian coffee would make your insurance company charge you more because statistically these people are more prone to medical issues? Would you tell them in a heart beat? The pendulum swings both ways, and this is the reason why all of this should be opt-in.
Like many here, you are pretending that happens, and it doesn't. Too many are living that lie.
Just because something isn't currently happening doesn't mean that it won't. You're ignoring the fact that the data isn't transient. It persists into the future, at which point these things can (and probably will) happen.
It's like arguing in favor of a monarchy just because the current ruler is just, competent and benevolent; while ignoring the possibility that the next ruler will be violent and vicious.
Re: What I use instead of Google services
#240Earlier quoted context omitted.
The only difference is that Apple is not an advertising company. Google explicitly uses your information to advertise against you. Apple is not yet in that vertical.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IAd iAd is a mobile advertising platform developed by Apple Inc. for its iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad line of mobile devices allowing third-party developers to directly embed advertisements into their applications. Announced on April 8, 2010, iAd is part of Apple's iOS 4, originally slated for release on June 21, 2010, the actual date was changed to July 1, 2010.
Safari has 3rd party cookies turned off by default. And how many iAds have you seen?
Also iAds have quite strict requirements as to what kind of identifying information they receive from the device.
Google/Android doesn't have any qualms about giving every bit of information they can get to the advertisers, that's the main source of income for Google. Also, 3rd party cookies will not be turned off by default in any Google product ever.